HardRockChick interviews Amon Amarth drummer Fredrik Andersson

April 27, 2011 | I talked to Amon Amarth drummer Fredrik Andersson outside of the White Rabbit in San Antonio before the band's two-set show there. Topics included Dethklok comparisons, American bands potentially playing viking metal, and the Norway/Sweden metal rivalry.

[Jayrock-kyky]

I really wish he still played for Amon Amarth, they are still the best but i only imagine how much better they would be with him

[xaleu]

This guy is making me want to switch from guitars to drums, Im sorry that you left Amon, you fuckin rock Fredrik!

[GraysonDean]

thanks for interviewing Fredrick since we don't get to hear much from him.

[gunjansingh]

Amazing guy..so sober and calm..interview...anyways that amon amarth t -shirt is really tempting..

[joshfranklin]

(off Wiki)For the dumbasses Amon Amarth is a melodic death metal band from Tumba, Sweden, founded in 1992.  (Off Website)Not many bands can claim their ninth album as the most powerful, dynamic, and downright aggressive of their career, but then Amon Amarth have consistently upped their game with every successive release. Having exploded onto the Swedish melodic death metal scene with 1998's Once Sent From The Golden Hall every album has arrived bursting at the seams with power, melody and immersive storytelling centered around the richness of Norse mythology. Deceiver Of The Gods captures the quintet at the peak of their powers. "Every time we start working on new music we begin with the idea that we're going to write the best album ever, " vocalist Johan Hegg states. "We knew we wanted a more aggressive, live feeling to this record but there's no formula behind what we do. We just try to write something that takes us a step further than the last record, and is something that will excite us and our fans. Deceiver Of The Gods is the result." (They are not Black-Metal. Johan Hegg, has often said "I do not know what Viking metal is. We sing Death Metal, with an influence of Vikings."

[nordikax]

Thanks for the interview. You rule the throne Son of Ander!

[wtfupissedmeoff]

i fucking... missed that show. and i remember fucking having to miss it... among many shows.

[hardrockchick]

actually i have some i didn't post when i asked about Galaktikon...it's pretty short if I remember but I should probably post it sometime...stay tuned :-)

[Ghostman]

THEY WERE IN TEXAS? FUCK!!! Can't believe I missed them... :(

Please come back soon Amon Amarth!

[metalheadiguana]

That show was awesome... the pit was crazy.

[drumsistkrieg]

@Blazar6 What about the comic that existed like 40 years before the movie did?

[hardrockchick]

right!! thanks for mentioning, i knew there was someone i was forgetting about.

[Waffensturmfuhrer]

Oakhelm is a viking folk metal band from Oregon

[vladmira]

I like how she makes the interviews about the talent and doesnt act self centered like the fuse tv chic.

[jessindicaanne]

I woulda shat my pants interviewing Fredrik the drummer of Amon Amarth! :p

[stickysponge]

@heavyillusion agreed.. i think i'd also get tired after receiving so many self explanatory or generic questions. it becomes redundant

[haleylindemann]

y is a hard-rock girl interviewing someone from a death/viking metal band? she does great and Freddie is awesome.

[vladmira]

@HHTADRUMMER That's sad to hear. If anyone makes it big time they will remember how she treated them.

[dabesthappyhour]

Death or folk metal id say, but well, folk metal with scandinavians (note that im scandinavian) is viking metal usually

[hardrockchick]

I actually have a short interview from the golden gods black carpet...maybe i should post it!